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The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … Algae are important organisms. They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … is poised to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded …

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the … the crust, there is a vast ecosystem connected to the global carbon cycle. Archaea are key players in this deep …

… human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed … Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement. Nature … Award … Plant Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and … study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar species, the green alga Microglena sp. YARC, which also …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight biodiversity and how … within the eucalypts, a group of fast-growing tree species that are widely grown as feedstocks for …

Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and … Nature Microbiol. 1: 15032. Eloe-Fadrosh EA, et al. 2016. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate … Futures … Metagenome Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Service …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite, as well as sequences from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … Microbiology has developed, tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated … the vast majority of microbes that play key roles in global biogeochemical cycles remains unexplored and …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, its … a mycobiome culture collection consisting of fungal species from natural Arabidopsis populations around Europe. …

… in its environment, this alga reveals a remarkable ability to adapt to stress and rapid environmental changes. … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … ice surface handles such fluctuations. P. psychrophila is a species of Pelagophyceae, a microalga shown to thrive in …

A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) marked the visit of an esteemed … to advance unique scientific knowledge and address global challenges.”  During the workshop UDE and Berkeley …